The Book of Beauty
by BEATON, Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Duckworth, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Edition. 21.3 x 27.8 cm red cloth backed, yellow paper covered boards xii, 67[1]pp, with colour frontispiece, 27 photographic plates and numerous line drawn illustrations. An unusual binding variant with some fading to the spine and a little rubbing to the foot of the spine. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate but with toning to both endpapers. The book is inspired by Victorian books of beauty and brings them up to date. There are 27 photographic plates by Beaton including Baba and Nancy Beaton, Edith Sitwell, Tallulah Bankhead, Lilian Gish, Norma Shera and Lady Diana Cooper together with numerous drawings within the text including illustrations of Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Lawrence and Anita Loos. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202198
- Title
- The Book of Beauty
- Author
- BEATON, Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Photography|Illustrated|Fashion
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...